Psalms 49 : 1 (AKJV)
Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world:
Psalms 49 : 2 (AKJV)
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
Psalms 49 : 3 (AKJV)
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalms 49 : 4 (AKJV)
I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying on the harp.
Psalms 49 : 5 (AKJV)
Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
Psalms 49 : 6 (AKJV)
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
Psalms 49 : 7 (AKJV)
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Psalms 49 : 8 (AKJV)
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases for ever:)
Psalms 49 : 9 (AKJV)
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
Psalms 49 : 10 (AKJV)
For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 49 : 11 (AKJV)
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Psalms 49 : 12 (AKJV)
Nevertheless man being in honor stays not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 49 : 13 (AKJV)
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
Psalms 49 : 14 (AKJV)
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Psalms 49 : 15 (AKJV)
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Psalms 49 : 16 (AKJV)
Be not you afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
Psalms 49 : 17 (AKJV)
For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
Psalms 49 : 18 (AKJV)
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.
Psalms 49 : 19 (AKJV)
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
Psalms 49 : 20 (AKJV)
Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.
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